Samarathon!

Nicola Black is raising money for Sheffield Samaritans
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Samarathon · 1 July 2019

Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential, non-judgmental, emotional support to anyone experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. The Sheffield branch receives over 30,000 calls a year - by phone, e-mail or visit - and is entirely reliant on voluntary support

Story

I am raising money for the Sheffield branch of Samaritans. Every six seconds someone contacts Samaritans, via phone, email, text message or face-to-face. In the 3.5 years I have been a Samaritans volunteer I must have spoken to thousands of people, from all over the UK and ROI, who were in distress and needed someone to be there for them. Mental health services are massively overstretched, benefit and social service cuts are leaving people desperate and isolated, and Samaritans' aim is to make sure there is always someone there, for anybody who needs someone.

Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy, and Samaritans’ vision is that fewer people die by suicide.”

https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/our-organisation/what-we-do/

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£270.00
+ £67.50 Gift Aid
Online
£270.00
Offline
£0.00

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